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Gatorland in Orlando has joined in the effort to find those responsible for a rare, white alligator that turned up missing after a fire at the Swamp Brothers Animal Crossings Sanctuary in Sumter County last month. The theme park has added $5,000 to the $2,500 reward being offered by the sanctuary,...

A crowd tore into President Donald Trump at City Hall in downtown Orlando on Saturday, angry at the administration’s immigration policies, which earlier in June led to the separation of children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds attended the protest, with some carrying signs...

A Flagler Beach city commissioner was arrested and charged with domestic violence Friday night for what a police affidavit described as multiple incidents between him and his girlfriend of 20 years. Eric Cooley, 43, has been accused by his girlfriend in separate incidents during the last month...

A SpaceX rocket left a ghostly vapor trail across the Orlando sky early Friday as it carried supplies and a floating robot to the International Space Station. The launch of the Falcon 9 at Cape Canaveral was right on schedule at 5:42 a.m.; two minutes later, a wispy white contrail laced with yellow...

Parts of Central Florida may soon get a new area code of 689. The state’s Public Service Commission has put in motion a plan to create the new area code for the region. The agency will hear a staff recommendation to do so during its July 10 meeting in Tallahassee. John Manning, senior director...

A fast-growing self-driving car tech company in Orlando has hired a pair of executives who previously worked at Apple and Fitbit. Bill Zerella, who for four years was chief financial officer at the consumer tech company Fitbit, has been hired by Luminar Technologies into the same position. Meanwhile,...

A University of Central Florida professor has landed a $1 million grant for a project that aims to make it safer for emergency responders and military personnel to answer calls and perform missions that could expose them to deadly toxins. Engineering professor Subith Vasu is working on a device...

A former director at Universal Studios will return to Orlando to become an executive with a theme park advocacy group based in Central Florida. John Hallenbeck, once director of attraction operations at Universal from 2001 to 2008, was named vice president of North American Operations of the International...